I love impala and if I have a quiet day am quite happy to sit and watch them. I was in Kruger in April and was fascinated watching the rutting behaviour. The noise at times was tremendous and the face pulling would have won prizes in the playground!

Saw this one near Gommondwane in June - we thought it was rather unusual for it to survive that long - it was almost fully grown. Or is it a myth that a white animal would be more visible to predators and therefore eliminated first ?

_________________"A roaring lion kills no game.""Until lions start writing down their own stories, the hunters will always be heroes.""If you kill a tree, you are killing a bird."“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”

_________________"A roaring lion kills no game.""Until lions start writing down their own stories, the hunters will always be heroes.""If you kill a tree, you are killing a bird."“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”

i have just come back from a wonderful (albeit wet) weekend at the Kruger. While there my mom and i noticed how many of the impala were sitting down in the bush / grass. Is this because of the rain? Why do they do this? my mom and i haven't noticed it before (we normally go to Kruger in the dry winter season) so is the behaviour related to the weather.

Thanks! told my mom is one of the forumits doesn't know the answer then there is no answer!

ww29

Hi ww29.

I have seen this behaviour over the past in the North of Kruger, During the rains, they do sit down under the trees. I think it is because the Impala's do not like getting wet, This is just my prediction because I have seen baby Impala's sit under a tree in perfectly sunny weather.

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